Ready? Gun!
Ready? Gun!
A little over two years ago I set myself a goal: I want to one day run the Two Ocean's Marathon. My training in 2005 went well, but in 2006 I slipped up a bit. This year I started up again and today I took the first step towards reaching my goal. I ran my first official race: the OUTsurance KFM 94.5 Gunrun.
Well, to be honest, the Gunrun is actually 22km, but I only did the 10km route. Still, this was my first race and I completed it in 54:08, with which I am very chuffed! I think a larger number of people passed me than the number of people I passed, however. It was especially tricky at the start to not get caught up in the excitement and breaking my pace. But I held on and think it turned out quite well. But there is definitely an energy on race and you are able to push yourself harder than during training.
Currently, when I practise, I do a little less than 5km in a little more than 30 minutes, so my goal was to run 10km in under one hour. I was prepared to accept that this was a little ambitious, but finishing in under 55 minutes is really awesome! I won my first medal ever today and I am quite pleased by it.
At this stage I do not know what my next step is going to be. I'm going to keep on running, but I am going to make sure that I put in more training for my next race than I did for this one. But, for the rest of today at least, I am going to put my feet up and just be happy.
A little over two years ago I set myself a goal: I want to one day run the Two Ocean's Marathon. My training in 2005 went well, but in 2006 I slipped up a bit. This year I started up again and today I took the first step towards reaching my goal. I ran my first official race: the OUTsurance KFM 94.5 Gunrun.
Well, to be honest, the Gunrun is actually 22km, but I only did the 10km route. Still, this was my first race and I completed it in 54:08, with which I am very chuffed! I think a larger number of people passed me than the number of people I passed, however. It was especially tricky at the start to not get caught up in the excitement and breaking my pace. But I held on and think it turned out quite well. But there is definitely an energy on race and you are able to push yourself harder than during training.
Currently, when I practise, I do a little less than 5km in a little more than 30 minutes, so my goal was to run 10km in under one hour. I was prepared to accept that this was a little ambitious, but finishing in under 55 minutes is really awesome! I won my first medal ever today and I am quite pleased by it.
At this stage I do not know what my next step is going to be. I'm going to keep on running, but I am going to make sure that I put in more training for my next race than I did for this one. But, for the rest of today at least, I am going to put my feet up and just be happy.
posted by phantom-99w at 10:54
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Thanks for writing this.
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